"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Rsmith_77 said:
Well ..I don't know if its a stroke of good luck or bad financial investment

But I talked to the service manager this morning and they said it's probably a rebuild...what's that gonna run me
Probably 10k

Should I just go start looking for a new vehicle
And they said...I would


Sooooo I tried my hand and managed to get approved for a 2014 Toyota RAV4
The payments will absolutely suck
But at least I have reliable transportation for me and the wife
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Go online for.."dog and lemon guides"....
 
My wife is in the industry
And has been since I was a wee tyke
She knew the finance manager personally and vice versa
She is confident that he wouldn't screw us over
And I trust the wife's judgement on these matters
 
Rsmith_77 said:
Well ..I don't know if its a stroke of good luck or bad financial investment

But I talked to the service manager this morning and they said it's probably a rebuild...what's that gonna run me
Probably 10k

Should I just go start looking for a new vehicle
And they said...I would


Sooooo I tried my hand and managed to get approved for a 2014 Toyota RAV4
The payments will absolutely suck
But at least I have reliable transportation for me and the wife
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You should have good luck with that RAV4. Sorry it had to happen though. We had a 2007 Toyota RAV4 that was great for 10 years before we traded it in for a Subaru WRX (which we sold in February, since I have my 9 year old 2015 Forester turbo XT).

We're down to two cars and one car payment for my wife's 2021 Subaru Ascent, at 0.9% for another 18 months, ending right about the time that my Forester turbo turns 10 years old. Then I might be looking at a new car.
 
They told me the same thing about my Tacoma
Which didn't make it to 155k miles before this

But I appreciate the well wishes ☺️
 
Rsmith_77 said:
They told me the same thing about my Tacoma
Which didn't make it to 155k miles before this

But I appreciate the well wishes ☺️
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Thats unusual low miles for a Toyota truck failure. Can you tell me what the problem was? I'm curious, having two previous Toyota pickups and both went to very high milages.
 
jackknife said:
Thats unusual low miles for a Toyota truck failure. Can you tell me what the problem was? I'm curious, having two previous Toyota pickups and both went to very high milages.
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I am not a car guy so bear with me

The timing rod or maybe timing guide
Got damaged and shrapnel got into the engine itself
 
Rsmith_77 said:
I am not a car guy so bear with me

The timing rod or maybe timing guide
Got damaged and shrapnel got into the engine itself
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Timing chain?

If the timing got screwed up and the engine is an interference engine vs a non interference engine, then yeah, the poach is screwed. I don't know what engine you had, but both my old Toyota pickups had a timing chain and not a timing belt. The chain should, under normal circumstances, be good for the life of the engine, but if a timing belt goes, yeah, big problems. Thats why they ( the timing belts) get replaced at a designated milage.
 
It's weird tho
It's running fine
The only issue is it's absolute dumping coolant
Like I can fill it up and be empty an hour later
 
Rsmith_77 said:
It's weird tho
It's running fine
The only issue is it's absolute dumping coolant
Like I can fill it up and be empty an hour later
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Dumping coolant on the ground as in leak? or burning up coolant and it's vaporizing and disappearing (head gasket)?

Pretty sure I haven't seen a Timing Rod, but have seen a Timing Guide go, and then the cams cam jump a tooth or too and the valves can hit the pistons.
 
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